“You and your team do such amazing work and everyone from CGI that volunteered yesterday was so pleased with their decision to sign up! Thank you for all that you do and for giving us the opportunity to get involved!”
~ Jennifer Metu, CGI and E2 volunteer
Tuesday, November 29th 75 students from four high schools in Austin participated in a JA field trip to Capital Factory for E2 Entrepreneurship & Empowerment. During this special program, students worked with mentors on personal branding, pitch coaches to perfect their business ideas then participated in a pitch competition.
“When we have events like E2 and get young people out of their schools, out of their neighborhoods, and out of their comfort zones with the magical mix of mentors and JA something truly inspiring happens. Students’ confidents build and they become bolder versions of themselves. That is really a testament to the volunteer component of JA. We had several student company teams originally not wanting to participate in the competition but as they worked with their pitch coaches almost all of them decided to get up on that stage, under those bright lights to present their company ideas. We could not be more proud of all of the students for participating and believing in themselves. This event was truly another step in our mission to have all young people have the tools and the opportunity to reach their full potential.” ~Emily Long, JA Staff
Thank you to our sponsors that made this possible, Oracle and FactSet!
Thank you Oracle, for supporting so many programs at the campus level!
Thank you to Destin George Bell for MCing.
Thank you to all of our volunteers from FactSet, CGI, AllianceBerstein, CCMC, Dochen Realtors, Deloitte, SpyCloud, Amazon, Latham & Watkins, Steglich Consulting, Urban Structure, H-E-B, and KPMG!
Thank you all for being the backbone of our mission!
